@swat: "Should i install xp or 98se first inorder to create a dualboot and is it 
necessary to use fat32 for xp or ntfs would do. FYI, currently i'm having 
dualboot between xp and fc3 on my pc, actually i intend to create a triple 
boot, is that anyway to do that without removing the two OS which is already 
on my system? Note: xp currently is on ntfs. "
    @gerryRnospam: "You can not install 98 on an NTFS partition,
You should install 98 before XP (always install the older OS first)
Not sure about triple boot I'm afraid.
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    @rick: "Hi,
Win98 should go first if you are creating a native boot. The system (active 
boot) partition must use FAT32 in order to use the NT bootloader, as Win98 
cannot boot from an NTFS partition. The WinXP installation can be on an NTFS 
partition as long as the bootloader isn't, however the Win98 installation 
will not be able to read anything on that partition. If you are using a 
third party boot manager (which I suspect you are), then follow its 
instructions instead.
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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"swat" <email_address> wrote in message 
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    @swat: "Thanks gerry, if that the case, meaning i have to reinstall xp inorder to 
have it dualboot with 98se, is there anyway i can edit bootini?
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    @ssengupta_: "Windows 98 must be installed on a basic disk on a partition formatted 
with FAT32.
Windows XP must be installed last. Otherwise important files needed for 
starting Windows XP could be overwritten.
You should keep XP on NTFS partition.
regards,
ssg MS-MVP
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    @bchambers: "<quote>
   The simplest way I've found to dual boot between Win9x/Me and WinXP 
would be to partition your drive(s) roughly as follows:
C:          Primary                 FAT32      Win9x/Me/Legacy Apps
D:          Extended               NTFS        WinXP/Modern Apps
     Adjust the partition sizes according to your actual hard drive(s)
size and the amount of space you'd like to allocate to each OS and its 
applications.
     Create the partitions using Win9x's FDISK so you can enable large 
disk support (FAT32).  (No need for 3rd party partitioning 
utilities/boot managers and their frequent complications.)
     Install Win9x/Me first, being sure to select "C:\Windows" (or
D:\Windows, if you prefer) when asked for the default Windows
directory.  When you subsequently install WinXP, be sure to specify
"D:\Winnt" (or "D:\Windows," "C:\Winnt" as  referred/applicable) when
asked for the default Windows directory, to place it in the other
partition. The WinXP  installation routine will automatically set up a
Multi-boot menu for you.  The default settings for this menu can be
readily edited from within WinXP.  NOTE:  If you elect to place
Win9x/Me on the "D:" drive, you'll _have_ to leave the "C:" drive as
FAT32.
      This method can be adapted to using 2 physical hard drives by
placing the boot partition (C:, which still must be FAT32) and either
of the operating systems on the Primary Master hard drive, and the
second operating system on the second hard drive.
     It is also possible to have a 3rd partition for shared
applications, but it would be necessary for such a partition to be
formatted in the common file format (FAT32).  The applications would
also have to be installed into each OS (to ensure proper system file
placement and registry updates), one at a time, but the bulk of the
program files could be located on this common partition.  I do not,
however, actually recommend doing this as, if you were to uninstall
such an application from one OS, you may not be able to gracefully
uninstall it from the second OS, having already deleted crucial
installation data during the first uninstall action.
     Just about everything you need to know (URLs may wrap):
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Bruce Chambers
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